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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Specifications

Type: Heavy Bomber
Origin: Armstrong Whitworth
Models: Whitley I to VIII
Crew: Five
First Flight:
   Prototype: March 17, 1936
   Mark V: December 1938
Service Delivery: Mk. I: January 1937
Service Delivery: Mk. V: August 1939
Production Termination: June 1943
Number Produced: 1,814
    Mark I: 34
    Mark II: 42
    Mark III: 42
    Mark IV: 42
    Mark V: 1,466
    Gr.VIII: 146
Retired from service: 1945

POWERPLANT: Whitley Mk. V
  Model: Rolls-Royce Merlin X
  Type: 12-Cylinder liquid cooled vee
  Number: Two    Horsepower: 1,145 hp

Dimensions: Whitley Mk. V
Wing span: 84 ft. (25.6m)
Length: 70 ft. 6 in. (21.49m)
Height: 15 ft. (4.57m)
Wing Area: 1,137 ft² (106 m²)

Weights: Whitley Mk. V
– Empty: 19,330 lb. (8768 kg)
– Max. Take-Off: 33,500 lb. (15,196 kg)

Performance: Whitley Mk. V
– Maximum Speed: At 16,400 ft (5,000m)
— 230 mph (370 km/h)
– Cruise Speed: about 185 mph (297 km/h)
– Initial Climb: 800 ft/min (244 m/min)
– Ceiling: 26,000 ft. (7,900m)
– Combat Radius: 1,650 miles (2650 km)
– Ferry Range: 2,400 miles (3,900 km)
– Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
– Max wing loading:
— 29.5 lb/ft² (143 kg/m²)
– Minimum power/mass:
— 0.684 hp/lb (112 W/kg)

Armament: Whitley Mk. V
One .303 in. Vickers K M.G. in nose turret.
Four .303 in. Browning M.G. in tail turret.

Payload: Whitley Mk. V
7,000 lb (3175 kg.) of bombs in cells in fuselage and inner wing.

Typical bomb load:
– 12 × 250 lb (113 kg) bombs
– 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs

Individual bombs up to 2,000 lb (907 kg) could be carried.

Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Green, William - War Planes Of The Second World War - Fighters - Vol. 2, 1961, Hanover House, New York
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